Odd Aatrox idea.

Manwad·12/17/2014, 10:58:47 PM·9 votes·980 views

So I had an idea that's not even close to being fully formed out, but here it is.

Aatrox is this figure in Runeterra, someone who's been there and shaped history by turning fights in the losing side's favour, giving them a sort of bloodlust to overcome the odds and make a comeback.

But his kit is that of a generic bruiser/jungler. Nothing really special in that kit, give it a few different colours and you'll never know it was Aatrox's.

So, what if his kit was changed to something of a hyper offensive support? Think about it, inspiring your team to grant them a mini Sivr ult + like a boost in whatever damage type their skills scale off the most, making yourself and your allies more dangerous at low HP, being a damage threat himself with say HP scaling with his abilities.

Anyone think this is a good idea or am I just dumb?

13 Comments

Quort12/18/2014, 1:26:39 AM4 votes

Cool idea for a support but I'd feel more comfortable if it was made into a newer champion. If you changed him so radically it would be like completely erasing his current identity even if the result was closer to fantasies of his lore. :/

The Red Warden12/18/2014, 12:54:04 AM2 votes

Actually when the first Aatrox teaser was released eveyone thought he would be exactly what you said, a super aggressive support. Then came the disappointment when he turned out just to be the bruiser with stats as his main feature instead of more interesting abilities.

chumbler12/18/2014, 6:10:31 AM1 votes

Better idea: Global range on his Q.

Destínum12/18/2014, 9:38:16 AM1 votes

This really wouldn't be Aatrox though, so Riot won't do it. You do have a point though. I sometimes completely forget Aatrox is even a thing, because everything about him (both lore-wise and kit-wise) is sooooooooooo generic, boring and forgetable. The fan theory that he is actually the sword and not the person is pretty much the only thing he has to him.

Vicarious11712/18/2014, 9:47:20 AM1 votes

Well in the lore Aatrox inspired by killing a ton of the opposing forces to whom he as supporting, and this is what drives them to want to win more, he's essentially leading by example.

So being a support that can't do much on his own actually does not fit his lore very well at all, would need a lore rework, and in that case they could really just do anything anyway.

Also a team buffing support would go one of only two ways every single game: get stomped early game and be the complete embodiment of uselessness come mid-late game, or get ahead early game and make it impossible for the enemy team to ever win any fights. In both cases if you try to correct it with buffs or nerfs you're only worsening the other side.

And if you did like auras or shorter ranged buffs, then you'd have a more devilish looking Sona basically, and we don't really need another one.

Aatrox needs some help, I agree, but this is not a good idea in my opinion. They simply need to make it so he's not so ridiculously gold dependent just to be viable, something I as a non-game dev can not figure out on my own lol